DECS Order No. 35 (1999)
ACCEPTANCE OF TRANSFEREES FROM DECS- ACCREDITED PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS ABROAD
(NAR) VOL. 10 NO. 2 / APRIL - JUNE 1999
[ DECS ORDER NO. 35, S. 1999, April 12, 1999 ]
ACCEPTANCE OF TRANSFEREES FROM DECS- ACCREDITED PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS ABROAD
1. Per DECS Order No. 26, s. 1994, public and private schools are authorized to evaluate the school records of transferees from foreign schools or Philippine schools abroad for purposes of placement in the appropriate grade or year level.
2. It is expected that only those students transferring from Philippine schools abroad operating under DECS permit shall be accepted on equal terms as those students from the DECS-recognized schools in the country. The list of Philippine schools abroad operating under DECS permit is in the inclosure to this Order.
3. It is reiterated that per DECS Order No. 19, s. 1996, transferees from non- DECS recognized Philippine schools must take a validating examination to be administered by the National Educational Testing and Research Center (NETRC), this Department, for grade/year level placement before they can be admitted in any school in the country.
4. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed. Adopted: 12 April 1999
(SGD.) ANDREW GONZALEZ, FSC Secretary PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS ABROAD OPERATING UNDER DECS PERMIT Saudi Arabia 1. International Philippine School in Riyadh 2. International Philippine School in Jeddah 3. International Philippine School in Alkhobar 4. Philippine Community School in Alkhobar Bahrain 5. Philippine School in Bahrain United Arab Emirates 6. PISCO Private School 7. Pioneers Modern School 8. United International Private School9. Pioneers International Private School 10. Philippine National School 11. The New Filipino Private School Oman 12. Philippine School in Oman Qatar 13. Philippine School in Doha Libya 14. Philippine Community School in Tripoli China 15. Manila Xiamen International School